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Both hybrid integrated circuits and monolithic integrated circuits were used in third generation computers. These integrated circuits contained from 4 to 100 transistors per integrated circuit.
The image above shows hybrid integrated circuits of the type used in the IBM System 360 line of computers.
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What are the features of third generation computer?
The primary feature of third generation computers was their use of integrated circuits.
What was inside the first modern computers that would get very hot?
The earliest electronic digital computers used hot cathode vacuum tubes. The cathodes of these tubes glowed red hot.The second generation electronic digital computers used transistors. These ran much much cooler than hot cathode vacuum tubes, but could still get warm. Even though individual transistors normally did not get hot, if the complete computer was not equipped with a cooling system it could accumulate enough heat to damage itself.The third generation electronic digital computers used bipolar integrated circuits. Due to the number of transistors in these integrated circuits, some types got hot enough to burn your skin if you touched them.Modern fourth generation electronic digital computers use field effect transistor integrated circuits and microprocessors. While these generally operate cooler than bipolar integrated circuits, often the microprocessors and a few other high speed integrated circuits can still get hot enough to burn your skin if you touched them.
Are Computers that used transistors are referred to as third-generation computers?
no, second generation. third generation computers used ICs.
What is the difference between 1st and 2nd generation of computer?
First Generation Computers refer to ones with vacuum tubes and were really huge and required vast amounts of electricity. The programming was very limited and very complex USN machine language. Usually they were hardwired and the applications very limited. Second Generation Computer were built using transistors that were much smaller and required less power and space. General Purpose program languages were developed that could be moved from 1 computer to the next.
Where did the third generation of computers start?
The third generation of computers started in 1964 through 1971.
What are the features of third generation computer?
The primary feature of third generation computers was their use of integrated circuits.
What type of computer is fourth generation computer?
Third Generation Computers were made out of Integrated Circuits and Fourth Generation Computers are made of Microprocessors.
Third generation computers were characterized by using?
They were caegorized by using miniaturization of components and use of integrated circuits. (Not a reliable source)
True or false the first computers to use the integrated circuit were known as third-generation computers?
True. Some of these computers used hybrid integrated circuits (e.g. IBM System/360) and some used monolithic integrated circuits (e.g. Apollo Guidance Computer, Minuteman II Guidance Computer)
What is the meaning of 'generation' in computers?
The word "generation" as used with respect to computers refers to the type of electronic components used to make computers of the specified generation.One common ordering of the computer generations is as follows:first generation, 1942 to 1958 - vacuum tubessecond generation 1957 to 1967 - discrete transistors (usually germanium transistors)third generation - 1964 to present time - integrated circuits (usually silicon monolithic integrated circuits, but some were hybrid integrated circuits)fourth generation - 1971 to present time - microprocessor integrated circuitsfifth generation - there is lots of debate on the definition of this (and possible following) generation as well as when (or even if) it began
What elements were used to process data in each of the four generations of computers?
The first generation used vacuum tubes, the second used transistors, the third used integrated circuits, and the fourth used integrated circuits on a single computer chip.
The third generation of computers was marked by the introduction of what?
Intergrated circuits
What are the advantages of third generation computers?
the computer of this generation could be developed after the development of integrated Circuits. integrated circuits were made of cilicon.A single IC could hold a no.of transistors and resistors.this was also called chip. the computer of this generation were 1000 times fast as compared to first generation computers and their cost was comparatively low.The memory of these computers was much more and data processing became very fast.
Which decade does third generation computers end?
this is generally considered to have happened in the 1970s or 1980s. however for certain special types of computers they are still third generation computers, because they contain no microprocessor(s), instead they are composed of many high density advanced random logic integrated circuits. so the third generation has still not completely ended.
What was the computer made of?
Several early digital computers were made of electromechanical devices similar to those used to build automatic dial telephone exchanges used at the time. First generation digital computers were made of vacuum tubes. Second generation digital computers were made of discrete transistors (most used germanium transistors but later some silicon transistors). Third generation digital computers were made of (hybrid, SSI, MSI, LSI) silicon integrated circuits. Fourth generation digital computers are made of microprocessors and other (VLSI, ULSI, etc.) silicon integrated circuits.
During the third generation which devices were use in the place of vacuum tubes and transistors?
Integrated circuits, both hybrid and monolithic.
What was inside the first modern computers that would get very hot?
The earliest electronic digital computers used hot cathode vacuum tubes. The cathodes of these tubes glowed red hot.The second generation electronic digital computers used transistors. These ran much much cooler than hot cathode vacuum tubes, but could still get warm. Even though individual transistors normally did not get hot, if the complete computer was not equipped with a cooling system it could accumulate enough heat to damage itself.The third generation electronic digital computers used bipolar integrated circuits. Due to the number of transistors in these integrated circuits, some types got hot enough to burn your skin if you touched them.Modern fourth generation electronic digital computers use field effect transistor integrated circuits and microprocessors. While these generally operate cooler than bipolar integrated circuits, often the microprocessors and a few other high speed integrated circuits can still get hot enough to burn your skin if you touched them.
